António de Saldanha was a Castilian-Portuguese 16th-century captain. He was the first European to set anchor in what is now called Table Bay, South Africa...
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from the SE corner of the inner bay by Langebaan. Saldanha Bay is named after António de Saldanha, captain of a vessel in Albuquerque's fleet which visited...
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Brazilian admiral António de Saldanha (fl. 16th century), Castilian-Portuguese explorer for whom the South African bay is named Carlos Saldanha (born 1965)...
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António de Saldanha da Gama, Count of Porto Santo (Lisbon, 5 February 1778 – 1839) was a Portuguese politician, navy officer, diplomat and colonial administrator...
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of Saldanha'. Bartolomeu Dias was the first recorded European to set eyes on what is now Saldanha. Saldanha Bay is ultimately named after António de Saldanha...
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João Carlos Gregório Domingos Vicente Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha (17 November 1790 – 20 November 1876; Portuguese pronunciation:...
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easy and direct ascent to the summit and was the route taken by António de Saldanha on the first recorded ascent of the mountain in 1503. The flat top...
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Pedro Gómez de Labrador, 1st Marquess of Labrador Portugal – Plenipotentiaries: Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Count of Palmela; António de Saldanha da Gama, Count...
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factory in India at Quilon. One of the squadrons of the armada, under António de Saldanha, missed the crossing to India, and ended up spending the year preying...
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Ferdinand Magellan (redirect from Fernão de Magalhães)
and later surrounded and finished off with other weapons. Antonio Pigafetta and Ginés de Mafra provided written documents of the events culminating in...
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Aires de Saldanha (Santarém, Portugal, 10 May 1542 - Terceira, 19 August 1605) was a Portuguese soldier. He was the son of António de Saldanha, military...
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Bartolomeu Dias (redirect from Bartholomeu Diaz de Novaes)
Dias was married and had two sons, Simão Dias de Novais and António Dias de Novais. His grandson Paulo Dias de Novais became the first governor of Portuguese...
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esperas, 52 pedreiros, 150 falcões, 350 berços). Its captain was António de Saldanha, with Infante Luís, Duke of Beja, brother of John III, and brother-in-law...
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Development, Inc. Correia 1860, p. 459 Correia 1860, p. 460 Saldanha, Manoel José Gabriel (1990). História de Goa: (Política e arqueológica) (in Portuguese). Asian...
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Vasco da Gama (redirect from Vasco de gama)
62. Subrahmanyam, 1997, pp. 60–61. Subrahmanyam, 1997, p. 63. De Oliveira Marques, António Henrique R. (1972). History of Portugal. Columbia University...
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cargo onto another Portugal-bound transport (under the command of António de Saldanha) and then annexed the empty Flor do Mar and her captain into his...
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1503 - Antonio de Saldanha lands at Table Bay 8 June 1552 - The Portuguese galleon São João is wrecked near Port Edward. Only 25 out of the 480 survivors...
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Pessoa, Fernando (1934), Mensagem (in Portuguese), Portugal: Parceria António Maria Pereira, p. 60, ISBN 9781794710177 Forbath, Peter (1996). Lord of...
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António de Abreu (c. 1480 – c. 1514) was a 16th-century Portuguese navigator and naval officer. He participated under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque...
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from Europe to Asia. Table Mountain was given its name in 1503 by António de Saldanha, a Portuguese admiral and explorer. He called it Taboa do Cabo ("table...
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João Fernandes Lavrador (redirect from Pêro de Barcelos)
Atlantic Ocean as set out in the Treaty of Tordesillas. Together with Pero de Barcelos, Lavrador first sighted what is now known as Labrador in 1498. Lavrador...
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Langebaan (category Populated places in the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality)
António de Saldanha, after whom the bay is named, did not enter those waters at all. Juris van Spilbergen mistakenly named it in 1601 as Saldanha Bay;...
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Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves António de Abreu António de Faria António de Saldanha António Galvão...
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Library), [D. António de Ataíde, orig. editor.] Transcribed and reprinted in 1985, by M.H. Maldonado, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra. online...
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2011. "De Mendo da Guarda a D. Manuel I,", Isabel Violante Pereira, Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 2001, p. 83. António da Costa de Albuquerque de Sousa Lara...
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Pedro de Sintra Tristão Vaz Teixeira Afonso de Albuquerque Álvaro Martins André Gonçalves António de Abreu António de Faria António de Saldanha António Galvão...
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and their children. By order of King John III, Maputo Bay was named Baía de Lourenço Marques in his honour, but this name was never in common use among...
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Pedro Álvares Cabral (redirect from Pedro Álvares de Gouveia)
children: two boys (Fernão Álvares Cabral and António Cabral) and two girls (Catarina de Castro and Guiomar de Castro). There were two additional daughters...
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navigator Pêro de Ataíde left an account of losing much of his fleet in a storm at the Post Office Tree. The Portuguese explorer António de Saldanha reaches...
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Pêro da Covilhã (redirect from Pedro de Covilham)
pronunciation: [ˈpeɾu ðɐ kuviˈʎɐ̃]; c. 1460 – after 1526), sometimes written Pero de Covilhã, was a Portuguese diplomat and explorer. He was a native of Covilhã...
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